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    IMPERVIABLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Not admitting of passage or capable of being affectedplay

    Example:

    someone impervious to argument

    Synonyms:

    imperviable; impervious

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    fast (resistant to destruction or fading)

    acid-fast (not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis))

    colorfast (having color that is resistant to fading or running)

    greaseproof (resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax)

    moth-resistant; mothproof (resistant to damage by moths)

    proof ((used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand)

    resistant (impervious to being affected)

    corrosion-resistant (impervious to corrosion)

    rot-resistant (resistant to rotting)

    ladder-proof; run-resistant; runproof ((of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders)

    soundproof (impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound)

    Also:

    impermeable (preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through)

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